Commercial Administrator

Our Company: M & A Doocey is a multi-disciplined, civil engineering and utility contractor operating nationally, providing a range of utility and civil engineering services including multi-utilities. Based in Tipton and established for more than 40 years, we are framework partners with several major utilities, driven by a commitment to maintaining and developing solid client relationships and we continue to diversify and reinforce our reputation for delivering quality you can build on. The Role: The role of commercial administrator is to provide support to the Senior Commercial team to operate, co-ordinate, maintain and report on financial performance of contracts. Specific Tasks: * Creates and maintains excellent relationships with Senior Commercial/Operations Managers * Assists Contract Managers and Senior Management to operate, maintain and report on financial matters relative to specific Produces reports and applications for payment, submitted within set deadlines * Manages sub-contractor approvals, allocates work to sub-contractors, produces sub-contractor payments and reports and maintains accurate records * Completes regular cost / value reconciliations (CVRs), analysing outcomes, effectively tracking variations and reporting on profitability * Deals with payment discrepancies and outstanding balances on review of Statement of Accounts on a weekly basis for all work streams * Analyses and responds to commercial risks throughout the project cycle * contracts * Issues early warnings/claims/compensation events weekly to clients and negotiates settlements * Offers alternative solutions and value engineering * Provides administration support to the existing commercial team, including entering relevant data into software systems and managing filing systems Skills Required: * Excellent attention to detail problem solving, reading reports and accurately compiling relevant data from them. Must be excellent with figures * Excellent knowledge of excel spread sheet systems * Excellent communication and presentation skills especially when dealing with Clients & Directors * Strong numerical and financial management skills Doocey Group value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics